Patricia Mamona has already recovered and will compete for medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Patricia Mamona, silver medalist in the triple jump at Tokyo 2020, announced this Monday that she has recovered from the injury that affected her in recent months and assured that she will fight for the podium at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

“Obviously I can’t say if I’m going to win, if I’m going to get a medal because you can only see it now, but I’m going to be in the fight, I’m going to be there, and right now I have to focus on laying a good foundation “, he suggested, on the sidelines of the Sports Merit Awards.

The experienced Sporting athlete knows that “preparation for the Olympic Games is not a last year” and that “bad days and injuries are part of the process.”

“This moment is used to train other things, other skills, the mental part, the weaknesses that I had, so I think I also look at this moment of injury not as an obstacle but as an incentive for Paris 2024,” he said. .

Proud of her work, Patricia Mamona admits it was a “bittersweet season with a good indoor track” but “not a very good summer” due to injury.

“Fortunately, I was discharged from the clinic about a month and a half ago, I immediately began training and feel increasingly stronger and ready to start competing. In fact, I’m very excited because I haven’t performed yet. for several months. […] I think I’ve also grown a lot mentally during this time and I’ll have to use the tools I’ve learned now for Paris 2024,” he suggested.

Recent European champion in the Olympic pit, whose result opened up a quota for Portugal in Paris in 2024, Maria Ines Barros was also awarded and says she will “work to live up to expectations.”

“[Expectativas para Paris2024 são] The best. Here’s how I can answer: the best, because I will try to do what I usually do in competitions, which is to show my best result, hopefully that will give me access to the final, and then in the final to medals. And within the medals, try to climb to the highest podium,” he said.

At 22, Maria Ines Barros says she has fulfilled her dream and goal of qualifying for the Olympics, and that the fact that she has already achieved her spot gives her more peace of mind to “do everything calmly and with time.” “

“It’s a dream I’ve had since I started throwing and a goal when I joined the seniors,” he said.

In her fifth year of veterinary medicine, Maria Ines Barros says it is “difficult” to balance her studies with highly competitive sports.

“It’s difficult, especially in shooting, because our training involves part of the morning or the whole day in order to be able to do the minimum amount of training that is required, that is, for me it is more difficult because I don’t have much of a schedule available to put in.” these changes. So it’s just a try, that’s the only answer I can give is a try,” he said.